Movember Winners
The best Movember mo’s were judged at the Metz last night. Here are some pics of the winners.
Recipe Testing
Testing out some recipes for Stack and Boon at Hillwood berry farm. It was surprisingly good. Thanks to Catherine Miller for helping out. Recipe below. Summer Strawberry Risotto 1 tablespoon olive oil ½ tablespoon unsalted butter 200g Arborio rice 5 shallots diced 200g fresh strawberries ½ cup of white (or strawberry) wine 2 ½ cups [...]
Mussels with Saffron
2kg Live Mussels 3 Cloves of garlic finely chopped 2 leeks finely copped 1/2 tsp Saffron 4 tbs olive oil 3 tbs butter Pepper to season 3/4 cup of white wine 1 cup of fish stock 600ml of thickened cream 1 bunch of parsley chopped 1. De-beard the mussels and scrub off any barnicles. Then [...]
The Bay Hotel Food Shoot
This afternoon I was lucky enough to go down to The Bay Hotel and do some food shots for a mercury advertising feature. Food looked great – check out their summer menu here.
Oslo, Norway
Left Oslo the other day. Awesome place. Went for a walk to the so called ‘cool’ part of town and this is what I found.
Risor, Norway
This are two from Risor, Norway where we spent Christmas. This was about our only clear day over the week.
Torsk poached in milk with dill
Here is a recipe that was made up on Christmas day. It would work well with pretty much any fish. 400g of White Fish 1 Brown Onion chopped roughly 3 Cloves of garlic peeled and smashed 1 tbs Black Pepper Corns 1 Cup of chicken stock 6 Anchovies 1 Cloves 1 tbs butter 3 Cups [...]
Stripey Trumpeter, with Fennel, Truss Tomatoes, Oyster Mushrooms and Rosemary
1 x Large Fillet of Stripey Trumpeter 1 x Bulb of Fennel 2 x Handfuls of Oyster Mushroom 1 x Lemon, Flesh and Zest 8 x Sprigs of Rosemary 8 x Cloves of Garlic, Peeled and Whole 10 x Truss Tomatoes on Vine Olive Oil Cracked Black Pepper Sea Salt Green Salad 1 x Bunch [...]